[marxmail] Ksenia Kagarlitsky: Solidarity with Russian anti-war prisoners (Green Left)

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[marxmail] On This Day - March 26 : In a show of international solidarity, Pancho Villa demands - Free Mother Jones!

On This Day - March 26 : In a show of international solidarity, Pancho Villa demands that Pres. Wilson use his power to get "Rockefeller forces" to release Mother Jones from prison. Jones had been organizing among Mexican workers for over 10 years. She went to Chihuahua, the base of Villa's operati

[marxmail] Israel continues genocide, despite UN and world opposition

As Israel defies UNSC demand for Gaza Ceasefire, UN Human Rights Body slams ongoing “Genocide” by Juan Cole, Informed Comment, March 26 https://www.juancole.com/2024/03/ceasefire-ongoing-genocide.html The UN Security Council has finally passed a ceasefire resolution for Gaza, from which the US abs

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 02:48 PM, Charlie wrote: > > Private shareholders are only allowed to own minority stakes, as I > indicated [no, you did not indicate]. I don't normally bother to reply to Charlie's tiresome charges of dishonesty, but for the record, I stated above: https://groups.io/g/m

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 06:33 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > > derive  their wealth from their *ownership* of state assets How important is it that Xi Jinping and the top layer of Communist Party of China officials build fortunes of hundreds of millions of dollars (which they must put into one and

Re: [marxmail] Once Again, Germany Defines Who Is a Jew

As Charles points out the German state's approach to all this has been very problematic. A fascinating insight from A dam Tooze - cites much data on the *nodal* point of Merkel's government: "The speech is important to the current moment, because in it Merkel declared that Israel’s security was

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 11:58 AM, hari kumar wrote: > > Still trying to understand your position. > It seems that you do not accept that the Sate is the executive body of the > ruling class - which in the USA - represents the leading top fraction of > private owners of society. Rest assured, Har

[marxmail] Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues, Part 3

*Covid-19 was the least unexpected pandemic in history. Why were governments not prepared?* Part 3 of a multi-part article on the causes and implications of global capitalism’s descent into an era when infectious diseases are ever more common. https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/03/26/capitalis

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 05:25 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > > Correct. Private shareholders are only allowed to own minority stakes, as > I indicated [no, you did not indicate]. That's what distinguishes state > from private ownership and control of the financial system, Marv talks in a circle here:

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 12:47 PM, Charlie wrote: > > The state owns the great majority of the shares of these banks. Correct. Private shareholders are only allowed to own minority stakes, as I indicated. That's what distinguishes state from private ownership and control of the financial system

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

Marv tells us without foundation, "The key hallmark of modern capitalist society is private ownership of the financial industry." This criterion simply bakes in his view of China. Chinese capitalism has plenty of secondary characteristics that are different from U.S., British, Japanese, French,

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

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Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

[Edited Message Follows] [Reason: Editorial] On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 10:25 AM, hari kumar wrote: > > I mean who "owns and controls" either NY bourse or the Federal Reserve? > The inverted statement would run then as: > "In an age of finance capitalism, what significance to attach to the fact > t

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 10:25 AM, hari kumar wrote: > > I mean who "owns and controls" either NY bourse or the Federal Reserve? > The inverted statement would run then as: > "In an age of finance capitalism, what significance to attach to the fact > that America's financial system is state contro

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

Marv: Sorry but I am confused. You write:  "In an age of finance capitalism, what significance to attach to the fact that China’s financial system is state-owned and controlled?" Surely that statement re-framed can be inverted, to apply to the USA - making the distinction you pose (between 'state

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

Wow, Steven -- very interesting. I wonder if I am convinced?? --- I mean, when you have a political superstructure -- even one as varied as the United states --- cannot we argue that there clearly is a dominant mode of production that emerged over the course of the 19th century which sure as Hell

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

In an age of finance capitalism, what significance to attach to the fact that China’s financial system is state-owned and controlled? The key hallmark of modern capitalist society is private ownership of the financial industry. If private shareholders were to acquire a majority stake in China’s

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

Thanks Steve: I was going to ask something, which is very similar to the lines of Esteban as well. I have been for some time, been dealing with the Asian Mode of Production in relation to particular states. I have been very struck by this remark from Marx: "“In all forms of society there is one

Re: [marxmail] Resisting the new McCarthyism

Just read the article -- I know and respect Ellen Schrecker but I think she emphasizes the PARTISAN nature of "McCarthyism" too much --- YES, Republicans wanted to tar the New Deal with the communist brush but liberal democrats were ini the FOREFRONT of the anti-communist fights. When the Taft Ha

Re: [marxmail] Resisting the new McCarthyism

Dennis could not be more right --- what we have called "McCarthyism" begins as early as 1946 with the adoption by Truman of the so-called Loyalty PRogram --- the red baiting of Henry Wallace's progressives was organized by Clark Clifford for the Truman campaign -- long before that, for example, Hub

Re: [marxmail] Reaching Out!!!

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[marxmail] Resisting the new McCarthyism

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Re: [marxmail] Putin draws the "left" into the far right

This article should be corrected where it says the statement of the Ukraine Solidarity Network (USN) on the 2nd anniversary o

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

Steven, the problem I see in your argument is that it relinquishes the possibility that it can be said anything meaningful about the social basis of any socioeconomic formation (contry). Of course, no country can be exclusively analysed resorting to the concepts of a mode of production, we can alwa

[marxmail] Reaching Out!!!

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[marxmail] Terrorist Attack and Election Pave Way for Putin to Intensify Repression and War

Political theorist Ilya Budraitskis analyzes the terrorist attack, the Russian election and the trajectory of war. https://truthout.org/articles/terrorist-attack-and-election-pave-way-for-putin-to-intensify-repression-and-war/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sen

Re: [marxmail] ML-ist Greg Godels on the contradictory nature of the People's Republic of China

Thanks for this post Marv Gandall. I think it is always a mistake to conflate two things: countries,  which are complex, concrete existing historical entities in constant development and evolution- primarily due to class struggle internal and external- and systems,  which are abstract concepts i